Quebec, A former Quebec schoolteacher has been sentenced to nearly two years in jail for sexually assaulting a teenaged student more than a decade ago. Tania Pontbriand was found guilty in January of sexual assault and two counts of sexual exploitation for a sexual relationship she had with a 15-year-oldRead More

Montreal,  For the past month, Sheila Sedinger woke up every morning fraught with worry over the prospect of being deported to Mexico without her two young children. But Sedinger, who came to Canada in 2005, was recently granted a stay from a Federal Court justice, guaranteeing her at least two more yearsRead More

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Bolivian police say eight foreign tourists are among the 10 people killed when a bus returning to La Paz from theSalar de Uyuni salt flats ran off the highway and crashed. Police Capt. Gonzalo Carrasco said that another 24 people, most of them foreigners, were injured and beingRead More

Merritt/B.C, Almost half of the passengers taken to hospitals after a tour bus flipped over on a British Columbia highway have been released, health officials said Saturday. The news provides some relief after all 56 people on board the bus were injured while it was returning from a tour ofRead More

B.C,  Hopes of reaching a resolution between striking B.C. teachers and the province before the start of the school year next week were dashed Saturday evening after mediator Vince Ready walked away from the negotiating table. Ready, who has been overseeing talks between the B.C. teachers and the province for severalRead More

Washington – The United States has welcomed the European Union’s decision to impose fresh sanctions on Russia if it continues to escalate the conflict in Ukraine, giving it a week’s time to dissipate the tensions. “We welcome the European Council’s consensus today to show strong support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and toRead More

Toronto – A “small but notable number” of Canadians have travelled abroad to participate in terrorism-related activities, including to Syria, Somalia and Afghanistan, according to a new report issued by the federal government. As of early 2014, the federal government was aware of more than 130 people with “Canadian connections” who had travelled abroadRead More

London, Some of the leading imams in the UK have issued a fatwa against British Muslims travelling to war zones like Syria and Iraq to join “oppressive and tyrannical” Islamic State. The fatwa “religiously prohibits” would-be British jihadists from joining “oppressive and tyrannical” ISIS, also known as Islamic State. TheRead More

Islamabad,  In the backdrop of the anti-government protests led by Imran Khan and Tahir-ul-Qadri demanding resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) chief on Sunday said he will fight for freedom till his last breath. Khan wrote on PTI’s official Twitter handle – “I will fight for freedom till i breathRead More

Irbil/Iraq – Iraqi troops aided by U.S. airstrikes entered the besieged town of Amerli Sunday, residents and Iraqi officials said, after a months-long blockade by Islamic State militants that had surrounded the Shiite Turkmen village and raised fears of an impending massacre. “Amerli has been liberated,” said Mahdi Taqi, a local politician andRead More